Maria’s new handbag on a jigsaw puzzle. Maria is thinking of making and selling handbags, belts, potholders and quilts next year. She’s thinking of expanding her small business, taking some courses, getting some new fabric. Functional art from vintage and discarded fabric.

Reminder: On January 9, 2010, there will be a reception kicking off my first photo show, “Portraits of My Life,” at the Redux Art Gallery, Dorset, Vt., 3 to 6 p.m. I’ll be showing and selling about 19 photographs, some of them hopefully under $200. These are snapshots from the photographic record of my life her – dogs, stinky old farm trucks, some farmscapes. I’ll give a series of talks about my photography, and how it has evolved.